Seabuckthorn Fruit Classic Formulas … Natural Herb Library

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Invigorates Blood and disperses stasis ... Cu Liu Guo is used for bruising, swelling, and traumatic pain when stagnant Blood remains after injury.
Transforms phlegm and opens the chest ... regional materia medica uses it when cough, abundant sputum, or constrained breathing follow phlegm accumulation.
Strengthens the Spleen and improves digestion ... it appears when poor appetite, food stagnation, or weak digestion are accompanied by fullness or discomfort after eating.
Generates fluids and helps restrain intestinal loss ... plateau sources also describe it for thirst after febrile damage and for diarrhea or dysenteric patterns.

Regional syrup, paste, or decoction preparations of Cu Liu Guo ... traditional food-medicine use for chronic cough with phlegm, weak recovery, and chest constraint.
Digestive pairings with Shan Zha or Mai Ya ... used when the fruit's sour-astringent nature is directed toward food stagnation and poor appetite.
Trauma combinations with Hong Hua or Su Mu ... traditional pairing logic for bruising, swelling, and residual Blood stasis after injury.

Xi Zang Chang Yong Zhong Cao Yao describes Cu Liu Guo as warm and sour-astringent, used to invigorate Blood, transform phlegm, widen the chest, and strengthen digestion.
Gao Yuan Zhong Cao Yao Zhi Liao Shou Ce records entry into the Liver, Stomach, Large Intestine, and Small Intestine channels and extends use to thirst and diarrhea after heat damage.
Modern herb references often collapse Cu Liu Guo into Sha Ji because both refer to Fructus Hippophae, but the regional channel emphasis and indication language are not always identical.